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[KR- Hidden Palace (Sonic 2)]

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"Roman Empire". That's what I thought while listening to this song. Never expected this to be a Sonic tune, heh.

I really think this would work in games like "Age of Empires" or something similar, because of that "Empire"-feeling to it.

I especially liked the background melody of this track. It was very atmospheric and played very well.

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knuxrouge responds:

Thanks.

[KR- Sonic 2 Mystic Cave]

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It's a nice tune and I like the development during the song. There are a lot of various parts in it, that makes the song very diversifyed.

Too bad that the sound quality is a bit bad at some points. There is sometimes a noticable static.
Also, towards the end of the song the volume randomly jumps, so you should try to fix that.

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knuxrouge responds:

*sigh* The jump in volume was a deliberate tactic to shock you. The song was supposed to have that spooky feeling.
Thanks for your review.

[(FMC) -=Soaring=-]

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The melody of this song is very nice and quite catchy. The intro got a bit repititive, but you added more and more to the song later on.

There are some very noticable "click"-sounds in the beginning, they are quite distrubing. Good, that the rest of the song has a very good sound quality.

I like the pauses you sometimes make during the song. They add a bit varety to the song, especially because when you pick up with the song again, you have added something new to it.

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

The clicking was much worse before I exported it as an mp3, I don't really know why it does that.

[The Grass Can Be Greener]

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The main riff and the very weird sounding vocals fit quite good together.

It sounds a bit like Kraftwerk with those kind of vocals, heh.

I think this could be a bit longer. Maybe you can add some "instrumental" parts to it? This way it would not only be a bit longer but you would also add some variations to the song. Right now it sounds a bit repititve.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

haha yeah, i was planning on doing more, but by the time i got that far, i was sick of the song, it was all just inspired by the sound of the main instrument

[Eternal Train]

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Sound great and I like the impression you gave in the description. I can imagine a "train ride" when listening to this, heh.

I now listened to the track serveral times and it never got boring, so I think it's safe to say that you did a good job here :D .

The flute is what makes this track so original. It just fits in the track and has a great and quite cheerful melody.

If I were you I would just leave the track alone, as it sounds just perfect to me. And I really can't imagine how any kind of vocals could fit into the song.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the kind review!

[Cry - J]

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I don't like the song as much as I do like you other songs.
The piano is played great, as always. And also the background beat is very nice and diversifyied, but I think there is something missing here.
An other instrument, like a Saxophone or some brass instruments in general would be very nice here. Because just the piano and the beat in the background gets a bit boring in the long run.

The instrument you added at the end of the song doesn't really fit there (starting at 3:50). It outpowers the other instruments too much.

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Jurian responds:

Did you mean the guitar thing or the hammond(<3<3)?

Thanks for your review.

[I Like to Hit Things]

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I think this would be perfect for a silent movie :D. It sounds somewhere in between comical, sad, cheerul and comical, so it's just perfect for those type of films ^^.

I think the piano is played very nice (both, the "lead" melody and the "bass line").

I like how you slow down the song at the middle and "prepare" this way for the very nice ending.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks.
I've added a fast section to it, but I'm still working through it, and I'm going to add another slow part, vary the rhythms a bit more, and complete it a bit more.

[*Interlude*]

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This sounds quite nice. While you are right when you say that the main theme is very repititive I don't think that it's that much of a problem here, as you added some nice various parts as the song goes along.

It starts off very low with just the main beat but more and more is added later in the song. So you DO have some kind of developement in there ;) .

I can imagine hearing that in some kind of menu for any type of game.

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WritersBlock responds:

That's funny, because I showed this to my brother a while ago and he wanted me to turn it into a loop to be used in a game he's making.
Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you like the flow of the song.

[Celestial Skies]

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This definetly sounds like some Final Fantasy start screen melody, heh.

I like how you start with the piano and than add the other instruments in there slowly and quietly, never outpowering the piano.

The strings sound very nice and relaxing, just like the whole song is very relaxing :) .

I think this could either be used in the main screen or maybe when the credits roll out. But then again, if this is used in the credits, very few people will notice it, has I don't think that many people are actually watching the credits ^^.

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Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

thanks for the compliment, it's an honor to be associated with FF! :D

I'm very pleased to hear you like this track. Thanks for the good review!

[World's Bounty]

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Oh yeah, 8-bit music! :D

I think this would fit in any RPG, maybe as "on the world map" song. This sounds like so many "world map"-themes out there, so it would fit perfectly ^^.

If this would loop better (or at all ;) ) it would be better, I think. Because it's always kind of disturbing the game flow when suddendly the music stops and then starts over again.

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TheReno responds:

True true. I still havent figured out how to loop songs yet, but Im working on it. Im glad you like it though. xD Thanks for giving me the tips xD